Quality Engineer - Howden

Aureos Capital; Howden; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Pension

Cycle to work scheme

Free parking

Health & wellbeing programme

Employee benefits portal

On-site parking

Private medical insurance

Referral Scheme

Job summary

Aureos Capital is seeking a Quality Engineer to support a project in Howden on a 6‑month contract. The role focuses on delivering quality right first time, with QA/QC underpinning all construction activities.

The successful candidate will develop, maintain, and audit QA plans, manage inspections, and coordinate with operations to ensure compliance with specifications and records. A strong emphasis on continuous improvement and collaboration is evident.

Qualifications

• Understanding of quality assurance aspects on site
• Ability to keep accurate records of inspections on site

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with specifications
• Oversee quality control
• Work to quality control plans and processes defining QA measures
• Develop, maintain, and execute Inspection Test Plans (ITPs) and Inspection Test Forms (ITFs) for all construction aspects
• Compile snagging/defect lists
• Produce and oversee Material Approval Requests for all materials
• Ensure quality processes are audited for consistent approach across activities
• Manage non-conformances for quality and supplier/subcontractor performance
• Close liaison with operational teams to address quality matters
• Support colleagues and own professional development

Skills

Quality Assurance

On-site QA

Job description

If you are looking to work for a growing business who truly value and care for their employees, then look no further!

Aureos are seeking a Quality Engineer to support on our project in Howden on a 6 month contract.

Completing works ‘RIGHT FIRST TIME’ is essential to delivering margin, client satisfaction and environmental protection. Quality assurance and Quality control underpin everything we do as a business and is an essential driver to success.

The Quality Engineer is responsible for the following in this respect:

• Ensure compliance with specifications
• Overseeing quality control
• Working to quality control plans and processes which define relevant quality assurance measures are adhered to.
• Develop, maintain, and execute Inspection Test Plans (ITPs), conduct Inspection Test Forms (ITFs) for all aspects of the construction phase. Ensuring specifications, hold points, inspections are completed with the appropriate records taken.
• Compile snagging/defect lists.
• Produce and oversee the Material Approval Requests for all materials.
• Ensuring that quality processes are audited to promote consistent approach across all construction activities.
• Manage Non-conformances for the quality and performance of suppliers and subcontractors

Duties

We operate a team ethos across the Highways Business Unit and strive to assist colleagues in the execution of their duties where this is appropriate and adds value. Our Quality Engineer is responsible for the following in this respect:

• Close liaison with our operational teams to ensure Quality related matters are addressed to the highest possible standard.
• Commitment to their own professional development, and support to others across the Business Unit.

Behaviours

• Trust and Respect
• We act with integrity and treat everyone with respect.
• We have an open and honest working environment in which everyone contributes effectively
• We deliver on our commitments and support others across our team to deliver on theirs
• Accountability and decision making
• We ensure responsibilities are clearly defined and fulfilled, and that performance is managed fairly.
• Everyone knows what is expected of them and how their job fits into the bigger picture
• We include the right people in the right conversations, making decisions in an effective and timely manner; we take accountability for our actions and ownership of the outcomes
• Communication and Engagement
• We are a high performing, collaborative team of effective communicators.
• We willingly share information across the team to the benefit of all
• When communicating, we provide clarity and seek feedback to ensure understanding
• Constructive Challenge
• We are open to challenge and welcome diversity of opinion.
• We welcome the opinions of others, even when they differ from our own
• We challenge in a constructive and professional manner to promote success
• Improvement and Innovation
• We challenge the status quo to find better ways of working.
• Everyone in the team proactively shares ideas without fear
• We learn from successes and mistakes to promote continual improvement

Qualifications And Training

• Understanding of quality assurance aspects on site
• Ability to keep accurate records of the inspections of the works for the quality records on site

In return you will receive

• Generous Salary
• 25 days Holiday with the option to buy more
• Pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Employee benefits portal.
• On-site parking
• Private medical insurance
• Referral Scheme

Equal Opportunities

Aureos are an equal opportunities employer, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.